tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post1763864948909755211..comments2023-05-28T10:32:23.291+01:00Comments on Downhill Struggle: CHECKMATEPatrick O'Garahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09369918851359100403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-11178911225208492192010-08-25T00:26:18.150+01:002010-08-25T00:26:18.150+01:00You see, this is why the Gnostic cosmogony makes s...You see, this is why the Gnostic cosmogony makes so much sense to me. One God who is perfect, all knowing, all seeing creates a perfect being but then endows it with the capacity to do evil? Not very nice. Much more sensible Samael the Blind One - our creator god - who believes himself to be all perfect, but isn´t. Meantime "he" expects us to accept the absurd on sheer faith alone.Tracy Saunders.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02784830597296006066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-642789941600561462010-08-11T22:59:17.737+01:002010-08-11T22:59:17.737+01:00It is from the book 'Good Omens' by Neil G...It is from the book 'Good Omens' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. If you're not familiar with the book, do try to find a copy. It is an irreverent and very funny account of the coming of the AntiChrist - who is 11 and would rather play with his dog.JoyfulPapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152451070389859333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-90249203973797560932010-08-11T17:32:48.121+01:002010-08-11T17:32:48.121+01:00As a one-time poker player, love the quote, Joyful...As a one-time poker player, love the quote, Joyful.Do you know who said it? It is not clear to me.Patrick O'Garahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09369918851359100403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-13333679921371684042010-08-11T15:37:37.673+01:002010-08-11T15:37:37.673+01:00And this quote for Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett...And this quote for Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett seems apt:<br /><br />“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”JoyfulPapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152451070389859333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-48583854699269857772010-08-11T15:08:40.568+01:002010-08-11T15:08:40.568+01:00I imagine a different conversation.
Jesuit: "...I imagine a different conversation.<br /><br />Jesuit: "Can I come home yet?"<br /><br />God: "Not yet."<br /><br />Jesuit: "Not to complain, but I see you've taken lots of other people home - all those women and children."<br /><br />God: "I'm glad you are not complaining. I'll be sure to let you know when it is time for you to come home. Now get back to the work I've set for you to do."JoyfulPapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152451070389859333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272104280785329050.post-89478267532794408852010-08-11T14:40:11.981+01:002010-08-11T14:40:11.981+01:00Every blooming thing is a miracle, (as are all the...Every blooming thing is a miracle, (as are all the non-blooming things). It's so easy to forget this, or even not see it to start with.<br /><br />You seem to think a miracle is when God does the will of man...<br /><br />The real miracles occur when man, generously, does the will of God.<br /><br />It's all to do with the Greater Glory of God, onwards and upwards, you see.<br /><br />I must buzz off now, in B♭.Brother Burritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640500675621075426noreply@blogger.com